July 2009
51 posts
The Game Crafter: note to self, use this. →
Oh Jesus. Just found a lost disc full of stuff written for PC Format in 2001. It’s like my 22-year-old self repeatedly spitting in my face
“A shave, a haircut, and a very serious think about whether I’m doing the...”
Will I break a finger if I vent my stroppiness by repeatedly punching the bag of compost in the garden? I don’t want another broken finger.
I also need somewhere crasheable in Brighton on Weds night. Havnae planned for Develop at all…
Agent Loaf returns: http://bit.ly/15Dmjz
Enter the password →
I’ve discovered that listening to 40 consecutive Eddie Cochran songs causes a man to lose his mind. Highly enjoyable until around #25, mind
Irked by WoW ad on RPS: “it’s not a game. It’s a world.” No, you ditched the ‘world’ element in favour of pandering to people who like stats
Also, as Jim reminds me, the full landmass of WoW is only about the size of Newcastle. Geddem, trades descriptions!
WatchElectric bike amplifies effort you put in by 50x, can hit 50mph. Want.
“From this small catch, the team can assess the movement of the moon to an...”
– New Scientist: Mirrors on the Moon
Gaming Made Me →
The only time I've ever written for a national... →
A history of sex-sells: air hostesses through the... →
Can you hear the anti-teenager sound? →
Movie Capsule Review: Harry Potter 5
I watch the stupidest things when I’m hungover.
Order of the Phoenix is satisfyingly bombastic and hugely visually inventive, but bewilderingly short on meaingful narrative. It gallops from setpiece to admittedly impressive setpiece with no clear sense of where it’s ultimately going. The major plotline, such as it is, is consistently interrupted by incidental interludes, robbing the...
I’ve had an essentially unused blog at http://tr.im/s0Fx for ages. I’m now moving to tumblr instead: http://tr.im/s0FE. Hope to update often
A Lost Anecdote
(I’m importing anything of worth from my old Wordpress site, as part of a planned move of my -urgh- online presence over here. In all honesty, this was the only worthwhile post there.)
Decided to rescue the below from languishing in the middle of a post about a demo over on RPS, as a) it was a damn silly place to leave it and b) I want to remind myself to make something more of it...
There’s a wi-fi signal in range of my house called ‘FREE PALESTINE.’ If SSIDs can’t solve that problem, nothing can.
People are stupid #2 →
People are stupid #1 →
My iphone is a wonderful gadget but a terrible, terrible phone.
Finally get the Aion beta client working. Discover the closed beta ended last weekend. NCsoft, a word please…
I load up spotify. It randomly suggests billie holiday on its front page. *Yes*.
Jesus, torchwood is bleak.